Inscription Database

Epitaph from Catina – Catania (Sicilia, Melita)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD002995 (Last Updates: 1997-08-13, Niquet)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Vibia Arete vix(it) VIBIA ARETE VIX
annis XXX ANNIS XXX
 
Vibius Artitian[us](?) VIBIVS ARTITIAN[ ]
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0442.
  • G. Libertini, Scritti su Catania antica (Catania 1981) 99, Nr. 5-6. - AE.
  • G. Libertini, ASSO 27, 1931, 49, Nr. 5-6. - AE.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Italy
ancient find spot:
Catina
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Sicilia
year of find:
before 1929
present location:
Mus. Civico

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Marmor
height:
23 cm
width:
19 cm
letter size:
1.5 cm
decoration:
present

Commentary

 
Cognomen Artitianus bisher nicht bezeugt. Die Herkunft der Tafel ist unbekannt.

People

Person 1
Name:
Vibia Arete
Nomen:
Vibia
Cognomen:
Arete
gender:
female
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen?
Age: Years:
30
Person 2
Name:
Vibius Artitian[us] (?)
Nomen:
Vibius
Cognomen:
Artitianus+?
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen?

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD002995
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
1997-08-13 by Niquet
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